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Reference number

SM volume 74/85

Purpose

[51] Record drawing for soffit decoration of two trunk arches, September 1799

Aspect

Elevation for Part of Soffite of side Arch in Consols Transfer Office, a more finished version of SM volume 74/77, as executed

Scale

half full size

Inscribed

as above, The Bank of England

Signed and dated

  • datable to September 1799

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Notes

In the executed hall the soffits of the two arches in the side-aisle barrel vault, or rather Trunk arches, were adorned by an arrangement of decorative panels. The inner curve is finished along the edge with alternating oak leaf moulding and bead moulding, with rosettes in between. In the centre were alternating stepped panels and panels with Greek key fret at right angles enclosing a lozenge field, each flanked by oak leaf moulding. This can clearly be seen in this drawing.

Level

Drawing

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